Gaslighting is abuse. It is an act of violence, be it domestic violence, workplace, or elsewhere. It is a manipulation of the other’s reality. I call it murder of the psyche. They were in the living room sharing the couch. He was snorting coke and smoking weed. She...

Dear Texas Legislators, Thank you for considering the Safe Child Act. I wish I could adequately convey to you what this legislation means. Day after painful day I hear stories about child murders and unspeakable suffering because our courts do not use current...

Testimony of Barry Goldstein. DV Author, Speaker and Advocate My name is Barry Goldstein and I am the author of 5 of the leading books about domestic violence and child custody. The publisher of my books requires cites to good scientific research for anything we want...

“What have John Bobbitt’s penis and too many children of divorce got in common?” I know it sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s not. Both stories involve domestic violence, sexual abuse, and a bad narrative. In an insightful story by Amy Chozic in the...

Judges and sheriffs in Scotland are to receive special training ahead of a new bill to criminalise psychological domestic abuse. The online training will focus on knowledge and understanding of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which comes into force on 1 April....